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leachate
[ lee-cheyt ]
noun
- a solution resulting from leaching, as of soluble constituents from soil, landfill, etc., by downward percolating groundwater:
Leachates in the town's water supply have been traced to a chemical-waste dump.
leachate
/ ˈliːtʃeɪt /
noun
- water that carries salts dissolved out of materials through which it has percolated, esp polluted water from a refuse tip
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A dead body weighing 70 kg will release 13 kgs of cemetery leachate as it decays.
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Around 60 percent of cemetery leachate is composed of water.
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